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Twilight of Democracy in Kyrgyzstan: How Much Do Journalists and Human Rights Defenders Owe Two Presidents?

Twilight of Democracy in Kyrgyzstan: How Much Do Journalists and Human Rights Defenders Owe Two Presidents?

16.01.2018 13:13 msk Analytics Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics

Text: by Fergana News. Photo © Danil Usmanov / Fergana News

«I would not dispute», the former defender of journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev said in his interview to Fergana News

«I would not dispute», the former defender of journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev said in his interview to Fergana News

28.12.2017 17:20 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

On 26 December, Tashkent journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev accused of an infringement on the constitutional order in Uzbekistan has suddenly rejected the assistance of lawyer Sergei Mayorov. He is the only defender who has managed to meet with the detained journalist two times, and who at least someho

'Go wherever you want.' Tashkent City project evicts people

'Go wherever you want.' Tashkent City project evicts people

18.12.2017 11:08 msk Business Human Rights Uzbekistan

On photo: the demolition of the building of the former district police on the street of Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan - era of powerlessness. How daily terror substituted normal life

Turkmenistan - era of powerlessness. How daily terror substituted normal life

06.12.2017 01:19 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

Two wild cases, but unfortunately characteristic for Turkmenistan, occurred in a short period in different parts of the republic. Women, one of whom is 76 years old, and the other is slightly less than 68 years old, were viciously attacked.

Sexual harassment case - Kazakhstan is reluctant to observe international obligations

Sexual harassment case - Kazakhstan is reluctant to observe international obligations

30.11.2017 08:14 msk Human Rights Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan ignores one of the main world trends - intolerance of sexual harassment in the workplace. As if in contrast to the events taking place in the West, where the careers of passionate celebrities collapse one by one, Kazakhstani victims of harassment remain practically unprotected. No one can

Headscarf as symbol of faith in Kazakhstan

Headscarf as symbol of faith in Kazakhstan

29.11.2017 13:29 msk Analytics Human Rights Kazakhstan Politics Religious life

In Western Kazakhstan, religious parents are suing the Ministry of Education: their daughters are not allowed to attend schools because they wear headscarves. Officials, representing a secular state, admit the possibility of a cross-claim - the failure to comply with parental responsibilities. Why i

Well-known blogger, teacher, economist, and activist arrested in Tashkent

Well-known blogger, teacher, economist, and activist arrested in Tashkent

07.11.2017 11:48 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

The National Security Service (SNB) of Uzbekistan arrested well-known blogger, journalist, social activist, and economics teacher Hayotkhan Nasreddinov in Tashkent, Asiaterra.info reported last Saturday.

Ten years ago our colleague Alisher Saipov fell victim to murder. Museum telling his story opens in Osh today

Ten years ago our colleague Alisher Saipov fell victim to murder. Museum telling his story opens in Osh today

25.10.2017 23:02 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan Politics Uzbekistan

A museum dedicated to life and murder of a young and prominent journalist Alisher Saipov opens its doors in the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan , Osh city, where ten years ago, on 24 October, two bullets, the assassin shot at the journalist, stopped his independent voice.

How farmers pay for grudge between presidents of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

How farmers pay for grudge between presidents of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

24.10.2017 23:58 msk Business Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz traders who tried to cross the border with Kazakhstan have been sustaining huge losses; the Kazakh government refuses to pass the produce - mostly vegetables and fruits - on and through its territory, explaining their neighbour and partner in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEA) has no means to

Uzbekistan: New conference with old zindan at background

Uzbekistan: New conference with old zindan at background

19.10.2017 04:07 msk Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

"Open Journalism in Central Asia" Media Conference organised by Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) starts today in Tashkent, which will discuss issues of freedom of the media. This event, expected for fifteen years, can rightly be considered a breakthrough in relations betwee

Another political prisoner in Uzbekistan released

Another political prisoner in Uzbekistan released

05.10.2017 22:41 msk Human Rights Opposition Politics Uzbekistan

Sometimes, good news keeps on coming from Uzbekistan: journalist and human rights activist Solizhon Abdurakhmanov freed on 4 October, who spent more than nine years in prison on a fabricated charge. Abdurakhman Tashanov, representative of the human rights society "Ezgulik" informed Fergana about it.

Secret arrest again. Still no respect for human rights in Uzbekistan

Secret arrest again. Still no respect for human rights in Uzbekistan

03.10.2017 09:10 msk Human Rights Internet Politics Uzbekistan

The atmosphere in Uzbekistan is changing; breathing is becoming freer. A more biting press is emerging, the previously crushed and cornered public is reviving, and the authorities loudly declare adherence to universal human rights.

Cotton Slavery in Uzbekistan: The Last Victims?

Cotton Slavery in Uzbekistan: The Last Victims?

28.09.2017 17:32 msk Analytics Cotton Human Rights Politics Uzbekistan

This cotton season in Uzbekistan barely started has already claimed lives of four people. The sad statistics of the newest Uzbek "cotton-growing" replenishes year by year.

Rotten method: Kyrgyzstan actively discusses the ethnicity of the presidential candidate?

Rotten method: Kyrgyzstan actively discusses the ethnicity of the presidential candidate?

27.09.2017 09:16 msk Analytics Human Rights Kyrgyzstan

If the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, scheduled on 15 October, would have conducted today the clear winner would be Omurbek Babanov. The charismatic, strong-willed and young politician, he has the advantage above all his competitors. And first of all far from the candidate from the party of p

Turkmenistan healthcare in coma

Turkmenistan healthcare in coma

26.09.2017 09:14 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan

For more than ten years, a certified doctor, a doctor of medical sciences, a "social hygiene and the organisation of health care" professor has been the President of Turkmenistan. The former Minister of Health should have known all issues of public medicine better. However, health care performance i

Human rights defender about forced deportation of Uzbeks

Human rights defender about forced deportation of Uzbeks

21.09.2017 09:57 msk Human Rights Migration Politics Russia Uzbekistan

Human rights defender Bahrom Khamroev was born in Uzbekistan , but since 1992 he lives in Russia. Working for the Moscow-based Memorial Centre Bahrom oversees issues related to the protection of the civil rights of fellow countrymen and migrant workers who have arrived from other Central Asia republ

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